'I just want there to be more space for people who are different in whatever way they happen to be different, partially because I feel that way all the time.' - JamesHannaham
, the writer invited artist Kalup Linzy to create a collage that represents the character of Carlotta Mercedes who has been paroled from a long stint in a men’s prison and returns to her greatly changed Brooklyn neighborhood to try to sew her life together again. Hannaham and Linzy met a decade ago in the New York art world, and forged a friendship during their overlapping stays at MacDowell artists’ colony in New Hampshire in 2017.
HANNAHAM: There was so much stuff that happened that pushed me in one direction or another, often a feeling of failure in certain endeavors. I grew up in Yonkers, which is famous for being mentioned in a lot of jazz songs.HANNAHAM: Yes. She went to my high school. I can tell you a defining moment about Yonkers. In 1980, the federal government sued the city of Yonkers for segregation of the school system. The city lost the case.
LINZY: I know there was a lot of talk about wanting a person of color as a cast member, and I don’t want to misinterpret what happened. But even in queer communities, there’s a certain level of racism and colorism that happens.[2009] dealt with those themes. HANNAHAM: One of the reasons I wrote that book was because I kept noticing things that made me think, “Didn’t we do this? Aren’t we over this already?” But these were things that were happening in the northeast. I would hear stories about some guy who was a Wall Street executive, literally living a double life, where he would go out and be gay, and then another one where he was working and being a professional.
LINZY: Yeah. Even in my family, when someone passes away and then you have the funeral service—it’s the moment after the funeral that the families are giggling because somebody was being extra.
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